Re: Games
Try http://www.ambrosiasw.com/news/ They are a Mac developer with a good variety of genre's. most are runnable in demo mode. On 21/12/2003, at 11:15 AM, Lloyd White wrote: My grandsons, 8, 10, 13 and 14 years have a slot loading Blueberry iMac running OSX 10.2.6 and I want to give them some games. They do not have a Joystick or similar. Free games would be nice! Can anyone suggest where I can get these or is there a local supplier of games on CD? Thanks Lloyd Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob: 0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Photo in Headert
I noticed on Michael Campbell's email his photo (including dogs) located in the top right corner of the header. Can anyone tell me how this is set-up as I have the request made but have been unable to reproduce it. On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 08:07 PM, Michael Campbell wrote: The only option is a FW case as the G5 uses serial ATA, and will not accept a HD from a previous Mac. Mike -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob: 0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Photo in Header
That's the answer I wanted thanks Matthew, I was puzzled by the rtf issue's as I could not find any attachments in the email messages received with photo and they didn't appear to be using rtf. Interesting to note the size of the message doesn't appear to be affected by photo. Re: Photo in Headert - a horrible thing about email is that 1 little typo... :-) On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 02:21 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 08/09/2003, at 1:50 PM, Onno Benschop wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 09:45, Jon Hunter wrote: I noticed on Michael Campbell's email his photo (including dogs) located in the top right corner of the header. Can anyone tell me how this is set-up as I have the request made but have been unable to reproduce it. Those of you familiar with my distaste for HTML email will find it no surprise that I would say and suggest the following: All very valid points, but the funny thing is that the photo in the header has absolutely nothing to do with HTML email whatsoever. It is a function of MacOS X and Mail.app As a previous post pointed out, if you have a photo assigned to someone in your Address Book, any email received from that person will show up that photo. Additionally, if the sender has a .mac account and as uploaded a photo to Apples servers, that photo will will show up. - Matt -- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 Matt Healey[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob: 0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Any recommendations on USB KVM?
I am using a MasterView kvm switch that shares usb/monitor with 4 devices, 2 XServes, 1 G4 and 1 G3/350 Server. The G3 has a KeySpan usb card and occasionally will lose control (generally if the kvm is powered or if the G3 is restarted without the correct switch selected). The others work well but do take about 5 seconds to respond. Purchased from Desktop Applications about 18 months ago. On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 11:14 AM, Richard Jenkins wrote: Hi We'd like to share the peripherals on a newish Compaq with a G4/933 Mac running OS 9 and OS X. We're putting the G4 on our helpdesk so the staff can actually do some Mac support :) The Compaq has an analogue SVGA LCD screen and USB keyboard and mouse. From memory there's some complications switching USB devices - some of the reviews I've read note a 5+ second pause before the USB gear responds. Was it the DrBott KVM that suspended the USB bus and kept it active when you switched?... All comments and personal experiences welcome. cheers ® Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob: 0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Footy Tipping
We use a Filemaker based footy tipping from an australian developer. Cost us $30.00 / year, this year he is donating this to a charity. I have included his invite email message below. Hi Just a friendly reminder that the footy season is about to start again. If you are interested in purchasing a footy tipper again this year, you will need to act fast in order to get it before next Friday. Prices remain unchanged this year. It can be purchased for $25 (single administrator Deluxe version) or $30 for the network version. A free lite edition for up to 5 tipsters is also available. If you would like an unlimited tipsters copy, please send me a cheque for either $25 (deluxe) or $30 (network). The file along with a password will be sent by email. The file will be sent in FM version 5 format unless you specifically indicate a preference for the V3-4 format. Please specify which version you want and what platform you are working on (Mac or PC) when sending your cheque. Proceeds will be donated to charity this year. All cheques should be sent to Larry Kornhauser PO Box 3126, Prahran East, VIC 3181 Free Lite versions are available from my macfooty site at http://www.netspace.net.au/~lkorn/MacFooty.Web/index.html The AFL tipper is a Filemaker based solution and requires Filemaker 3 or higher to operate. regards Larry On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 02:40 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: I am trying to address the issue of Footy Tipping in the Macintosh community. There are heaps of apps out there for Windows which let you keep track of tips and create rankings for groups/companies. None such applications exist for the Mac. I am in the process of writing one such application (currently in FileMaker) for the Mac community but I am having a great deal of difficulty in getting my head around the various actions required. If anyone out there is willing to help out I would really appreciate it. I am quite happy to switch to some other database/format such as MySQL and PHP as long as it doesn't require any special host application that costs money. (FileMaker has free runtime licenses). I will be releasing the final product on the WAMUG web site for free. I just need to get the final product. Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Main Roads web site inaccesable
On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 01:20 PM, Warren Jones wrote: I recently tried to access the Main Roads web site at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au to find information about the future Roe Highway extensions. Instead of open access, I was given a rude error message demanding I revisit the site using a specific version of web browser software from a specific and proven monopolistic company. Tried the http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au this evening after reading of other successful/not posts. Using OS X 10.2.3, IE 5.2.2, Safari 1.0 (v51) was unsuccessful and page stalled blank on start.asp. Was successful however using OmniWEB 4.2 beta 1. On further examination the start.asp you run when you go to http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au tests your browser to see if it is pre IE5.5 and if true redirects you browser to the old site at http://www2.mainroads.wa.gov.au/index.htm. If you are using IE 6 then you have the benefit of their new site. You can however peruse most of this by going direct to http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/Internet/sitemap.asp The old site was developed in FrontPage of all things while the new site is Java with lots of references to Microsoft.Alpha (whatever that is) Jon
Re: from cassette to CD
Connect a cable from sound out/headphones socket on cassette deck or amp to sound in/mic on Cube. You need software like SoundStudio from www.felttip.com to capture the analogue signal which then allows you to save it as quicktime or mp3. You can then import into iTunes and add additional info like Genre, artist, album prior to burning. I paid US$49.99 for SoundStudio On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 09:02 AM, Colin Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me how to get a cassette audio recording into my Mac and recorded digitally preferably in mp3 format? I have a cube and I don't know if it has a built in microphone or if I have to buy one and plug it in somewhere. any help appreciated Colin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Downloading from IE
Called in to check his computer and discovered an older version of Speedy Download was blocking downloads via Explorer. Removing SD fixed the problem. He no longer has a real need for SD anyway as he is now on a 512 ADSL (sigh). My apologies to Greg for not checking the To: box when I first sent this reply :-) On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 02:28 PM, Greg Hosking wrote: further to peter's comments... the download manager appears/dis-appears via apple-M. Do the files you request actually appear in the download manager? If so, double click the file in the resulting window click reveal in finder greg Hi, I am new to the group and new to Macs - i have a client who is 100% Mac and has set me up with a PowerBook G4; OS10.2.2 For reasons unknown to me I cannot download anything from Internet Explorer version 5.2 The download manager sometimes appears and sometimes does notbut still nothing comes down. I am able to download software updates OK but that is it. Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Miles Humphreys Global Design Energy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: 35mm Slide (Film) Scanners
The Canon d660u has a slide/film scanning head. Support for 9 but not 10 yet. On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 12:08 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: Anyone out there using an A4 scanner with a 35mm film option? I'm not looking for a pro slide scanner ($$$) - just something to capture the occasional slide. I looked at the Canon 12502UF http://www.canon.com.au/products/scanners/scanners_low_medium_volume/ canoscand1250u2f.html but it looks like there's no Mac drivers. It must run under OS 9. Any input warmly welcomed! Cheers, Antony. -- == = = = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = = = = == -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: 1 G of iDisk?
On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 08:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 08:20 PM, Steven Tan wrote: Anyone who has .mac can help confirm this? Hmm.. seems like Apple wants to reward their customers!.. :-) Yahoo, I've got a Gig (for the moment). What in the heck am I going to do with a Gig hanging on the end of a 56k modem? Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Wanted to borrow: SyQuest drive
I have a Syquest 270, is that the same? On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 07:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 09:37 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: Yes, you can all stop laughing now. (an hour later...) Yes, you really can stop laughing. A client of mine has some old SyQuest 88 meg disks that he would like to get the data off, so I volunteered to do it. I go to pick them up yesterday, and there's 16 disks, about 15 more than I was hoping for. Bugger. Now all I need is a working SyQuest drive, either an 88 or a 200 meg. If anyone's got one, please let me know. And when you've all stopped laughing, I'm looking for someone with a working SyQuest 127 or (better) 230 Mb unit. My 230 unit died in the line of duty when transferring files on a client's machine. I don't really have any ongoing need for it anymore, but I do have a lot of data on a collection of cartridges that I'd like to get back. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Wanted to borrow: SyQuest drive
I have a working 88Mb Syquest (at least it was when I last used it 5 years ago) that you are welcome to borrow. Contact me by phone on the numbers below. On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 09:37 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: Yes, you can all stop laughing now. (an hour later...) Yes, you really can stop laughing. A client of mine has some old SyQuest 88 meg disks that he would like to get the data off, so I volunteered to do it. I go to pick them up yesterday, and there's 16 disks, about 15 more than I was hoping for. Bugger. Now all I need is a working SyQuest drive, either an 88 or a 200 meg. If anyone's got one, please let me know. Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Mac to TV
On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 09:50 PM, Edward wrote: Is it possible to play a VCD or DVD on my G4 and watch it on a TV instead of a computer monitor? Yes I connect my TiBook svideo port via rca adapter (supplied) to my video play (10 year old) which plays thru a 36 year old 24 Sanyo TV. Connect the headphone jack to the sound in on my amp for improved sound. Hope this helps Jon
Re: Slow redraw still!
I haven't been following the thread so excuse me if this has already been suggested. I have had similar problems on a variaty of machines. Deleting preferences fixed the problem. monitors, date and time and all the system preferences. The Monitors pref fixed the problem when it occurred with FileMaker. I haven't seen anything similar since 9.1 . On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 09:05 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Typing this is crazy. I finish typing a full sentence without looking up, then when I do it is just starting the first character. It is that slow. I have to wait for the line to draw to check for any literals. If it is the ATI card, is this the way it gives up the ghost? Or does it do it suddenly. If it is not the graphics card, what may it be? Is there anything else that I could try? Otherwise should I ring CDM etc and get it checked out? Kind regards Jon Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: I think I just made a mistake...
I used this service when I was successful with an ebay purchase. Once I registered they paid me back the pre-reg fee and have shut-up. I received 5 email in total. There is an Australian arm to PayPal as well. On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 09:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning I may have committed a drastic error - I ordered and paid for some software from a US payment service called Paypal. Since then I have already received 5 emails from them, either confirming my details in a very convoluted way whixh involved my re-visiting to fill in more information (in order to complete the transaction), or just plain old fashioned marketing junk. I hope it hasn't set a pattern... Has anyone else had experience with this mob? Kagi manages to conduct business a little more efficiently... -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: Mac OS 10.1.1 available
We use VicomSoft RapidCache as part of the Vicom suite and this works well for all internet downloads including Software Updates on both 9 and 10. On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 08:43 , Andrew Nielsen wrote: Or have a mechanism whereby the updates could be locally cached. I don't know that squid will cache it effectively because I am not certain the URL for the Akamai download is necessarily identical for all computers requesting it from the one organisation. Maybe someone who's got the time to spare could do some testing on that. Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: 9.2.1 on iMac 233Mhz...
I seem to recall that the early model iMacs required you to partition larger drives as the boot partition could be no greater than 4Gb (don't quote me) and that the boot partition had to be the outermost or first partition. On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 02:11 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have bought the 9.2.1 CD and tried to do a clean install on an iMac 233Mhz with a Western Digital 60GB hard drive model# WD600BBRTL. I am having problems with the flashing question mark/flashing folder issue. For the record, I can see the drive when booted from the CD, I have gone to the Startup Disk and chosen the Hard drive, I have run Disk First Aid. Hope this helps Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct: 08 9288 8511
Re: GREAT NEWS
I on the other hand didn't read the instructions, installed the OSX version into the drive containing the 1.1.1 version, I had previously moved the Library to another partition, and after the required restart everything fired up beautifully. Existing preferences were read, the Library was found and track names were in place. Import works, CDDB works, the library browser has a clearer layout and the Equalizer is great especially when using the computers speaker. System is a G4/450 512Mb RAM, Drive partitioned into 3 parts, OSX, 9.2.1 and Data. As I was writing this I was watching top stats and noted that iTunes uses approx 26% of cpu time. If you turn on Pretty Pictures the cpu jumps to 40-50%, heavy as. On Sunday, November 4, 2001, at 04:47 , Shay Telfer wrote: I deleted my old version of iTunes as per the installation instructions. Installed the new version of iTunes... Not only doesn't it launch, I have to reboot OS X after I attempt to run it! At least the installer didn't erase my hard drive as other people have reported... Personally I think it might be worthwhile waiting a bit longer :( Jon Hunter 0413 484 208
Re: CAD/Design Software?
Archicad is a great piece of CAD software but comes at a price (approx $7000/licence). If you are looking at something more affordable try Deneba Canvas or VectorWorks (ex MiniCAD). I think that both these 2 have announced OSX versions. I can't really agree with Darren Kam saying that Archicad is slow on a Mac.We are running 14 licenses here on machines ranging from G3 266 Beige up to Dual 500 G4's all currently on 9.2.1 with no real speed issues. On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 10:27 , Stefan is... wrote: Hello Can anyone on the list recommend/suggest software suitable for CAD, Drafting or Design for the purpose of drawing furniture in 2D and 3D? I am aware of software like AutoCAD etc., but I'm trying to justify the continued existence of Mac's in our office. I have heard of TurboCAD - is it suitable? Mind you I'm not specifically looking for CAD software - just something that will do the job. Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct:08 9288 8511
Re: Power to burn? Sort of....
At 9.2 there are issues with Toast4 and Disk Burner. These are fixed with Toast 5. I think that what you have to do is disable the Disk Burner extensions. That said Disk Burner burns a Hybrid CD anyway. On Friday, October 19, 2001, at 04:16 , Stewart Prentice wrote: Any CDR gurus out there have any idea why I don't seem to be able to burn a cross platform CD with Toast 4.2 on a G4 733/OS 9.2? When I create the temporary partition and then attempt to drop it into the mac data side of the disc the OK button is dimmed. Regards Jon Hunter Manager IST Spowers mob:0413 484 208 direct:08 9288 8511
